Counsel – Legal & Business Affairs

Overview:

The NFL’s Corporate Legal Department supports the NFL's business activities across a variety of areas including sponsorship, product licensing, events, marketing, international, ticketing, and club business development, as well as League/club governance and policy matters. The Counsel –Legal & Business Affairs will serve as a key resource for the cross-organizational development and implementation of various policies governing League and club commercial transactions and will also provide transactional support for various League business units in related areas and otherwise.

Key Responsibilities:

• Transactional support (i.e., contract structuring, drafting and negotiation) across a variety of business units, with particular focus on gambling-related licensing transactions (e.g., sponsorships, consumer products, content distribution) .
• Manage the League’s portfolio of policies governing League and club commercial activities in sensitive and emerging categories (e.g., gambling, blockchain, alcohol), including identifying desirable policy updates in consultation with relevant League departments and driving consensus across key stakeholders throughout the League and clubs; presenting proposed policy updates to senior management; drafting and implementing new policies and policy changes; supporting clubs and internal business units with policy interpretation and compliance . Serve as key point of contact for club counsel on commercial policy matters and related transactions. The Counsel – Legal & Business Affairs will also serve as the League’s primary legal resource to advise and support the League’s efforts to drive fan engagement through legalized sports betting activations across a broad array of League partners (e.g., corporate sponsors, media partners, consumer product licensees), working closely with League resources in the Compliance, Government Affairs, and Club Business Development departments

Required Education and Experience:

• Juris Doctor degree from accredited law school
• At least eight years’ experience (combination of law firm and in-house preferred) handling large commercial transactions

Qualifications:

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills (with ability to build consensus across diverse interest groups, and clearly and concisely convey complex concepts)
• Strong organizational and time management skills (with ability to simultaneously manage multiple projects)
• Skilled with Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Work experience in the gambling and/or sports sectors a plus

Salary / Pay Range

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Terms / Expected Hours of Work

• The NFL maintains a Flexible Workplace Policy that provides members of our workforce with opportunities to periodically work from a location of their choice, while maintaining a priority on in-person work at an NFL office, which enables us to more effectively collaborate, connect and build a workplace culture that will drive our continued success.
• FLSA exempt.
• NFL employees are required to work 40 hours per week.
• The NFL is committed to building a diverse, equitable and inclusive work environment that reflects our incredibly diverse fan base. We provide an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all employees and applicants without regard to status as protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.